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438. World's Toughest Mudder First Timer Questions with Josh Fiore!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Release Date: 05/28/2025

469. 2025 Recap Compilation – Lessons Learned and Things Remembered! show art 469. 2025 Recap Compilation – Lessons Learned and Things Remembered!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Since 2017 I have tortured myself every year by getting clips from all 50 regular episodes and for important, funny, and name compilations. This recap episode is all of the important moments, and name clips from 2025. All clips are in order from when they were aired and are seperated by a brief moment of silence. Hope this inspires you and you enjoy it over the course of a few long runs as you prepare for the New Year! Start – 2:53 – Intro 2:53 – 10:19 – Quick News 10:19 – 10:59 – Content Preface 10:59 – 18:04 - Name Compilation 18:04 – 5:06:21 - Important Moments Compilation...

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468. 2025 Recap Compilation – Bloopers, Jokes, Good Times, Oh My! show art 468. 2025 Recap Compilation – Bloopers, Jokes, Good Times, Oh My!

Obstacle Running Adventures

Since 2017 I have tortured myself every year by getting clips from all 50 regular episodes and for important, funny, and name compilations. This recap episode is all of the funny moments, bloopers, jokes, and post credit clips from 2025. All clips are in order from when they were aired and are seperated by a brief moment of silence. Hope this makes you laugh and you enjoy it over the course of a few long runs or holiday travels! Start – 3:57 – Intro 3:57 – 7:24 – Quick News 7:24 – 7:57 – Content Preface 7:57 – 4:26:00 - Funny Moments Recap Compilation 4:26:00 – End – Outro...

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467. Christian Brown-Johnson on his Guinness World Record Setting Project 5077! show art 467. Christian Brown-Johnson on his Guinness World Record Setting Project 5077!

Obstacle Running Adventures

A couple episodes ago we mentioned how successfully !  Before that, when he was he hinted to this challenge. We discuss what made him want to take on such a worldwide challenge, his , why he chose his fundraising attempts to benefit the , the various 50Ks on each continent, and much more! Please consider (I just did while writing this), checking out , and support the sponsors that invested in him! Start – 3:16 – Intro 3:16 – 6:53 – Quick News 6:53 – 7:26 – Content Preface 7:26 – 2:09:22 - Interview 2:09:22 – End – Outro Next weekend we have our first of two recap...

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466. Brooklyn Nichols on Winning the DEKA World Championship in FIT, MILE, and STRONG! show art 466. Brooklyn Nichols on Winning the DEKA World Championship in FIT, MILE, and STRONG!

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took place in Fort Lauderdale, FL this past weekend and while we focus on being an OCR podcast, this event has my interest every year! Since we didn't fly down to cover it in person (someday!), we looked for an athlete to have on the show to talk about their experience. It didn't take long to pick as our potential guest as she had an incredible race weekend being the first elite to win all events, especially in an increasingly stacked field! We talk about her background in sport and fitness, coaching, how she came across hybrid racing, her history with DEKA, her plans for the world...

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465. Taco Bell 50K with MaryJane Osuji! show art 465. Taco Bell 50K with MaryJane Osuji!

Obstacle Running Adventures

We talked about the Taco Bell 50K in Colorado as a quick news story but then another one happened in Washington DC and I wanted to have someone on the show to talk about it! Carlo Piscitello noticed that was taking on the challenge and suggested that she would be a good potential guest to talk about the experience.  We met her at World's Toughest Mudder earlier this year, we liked her, and so we immediately reached out to have her back on the show! We talk about her background in OCR, what made her want to take on the endurance food challenge, details about the event including the rules...

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464. Kristopher Mendoza on His Return to OCR, Anesthesia, Colorado, and More! show art 464. Kristopher Mendoza on His Return to OCR, Anesthesia, Colorado, and More!

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Katelyn talks to about his . His potential return to OCR - including the Killington Ultra and World's Toughest Mudder. They talk about his journey to becoming a dental anesthesiologist. Katelyn also asks Kris a round of rapid fire questions that include his go to karaoke song, his favorite ice cream and more!   Start – 2:59 – Intro 2:59 – 6:20 – Quick News 6:20 – 7:42 – Content Preface 7:42 – 1:53:18 -  Interview 1:53:18 – End – Outro Next weekend we will likely be having a returning guest in the same year which we usually dont do but breaking a world record is a...

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463. Operation Rucksgiving with Erica Jackman! show art 463. Operation Rucksgiving with Erica Jackman!

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Katelyn talks with as she prepares to host her first ever chapter of Rucksgiving in Providence, Rhode Island! Listen to Erica and Katelyn talk about the importance of supporting local food banks and giving back to communities. Erica shares tips about Rucking and even gives a sneak peak into the velcro patch for completing this 9 mile rucking event! Be sure to check out her rucksgiving event or a more local one to yourself and consider supporting in whatever way you can! Start – 3:32 – Intro 3:32 – 9:10 – Quick News 9:10 – 10:16 – Content Preface 10:16 – 32:33 - Interview 32:33...

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462. Mark Jones on DEKA Ruck, Oscar Mike, and 24 Hour Rucking World Record! show art 462. Mark Jones on DEKA Ruck, Oscar Mike, and 24 Hour Rucking World Record!

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It has been a while since we've had the man who got us into rucking on the show and Jason Dupree was talking about how he would be live streaming his 24 hour rucking world record attempt! I reached out to after his success because I wanted to catch up with him to talk about his adding rucking to DEKA events, his world record performance, and to hear about the Oscar Mike annual ball! Be sure to follow , consider , and support ! Start – 2:47 – Intro 4:47 – 9:04 – Quick News 9:04 – 9:24 – Content Preface 9:24 – 52:45 - Interview 52:45 – End – Outro Next weekend we will...

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461. Tyler Veerman on Colorado, OCR Redemption, Pike's Peak Progress, and More! show art 461. Tyler Veerman on Colorado, OCR Redemption, Pike's Peak Progress, and More!

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Savage Race !  The elite side had a pretty great turn out with an increased payout at the event and when I saw that won, I knew that I wanted to have him on the show again! We first met and interviewed him after , had dinner with him in Palmerton after the 3K, and have crossed paths with him at WTM a few times and he has always seemed like a nice guy. We talk about him living in Colorado, how his Savage race win went, what he thinks went wrong at the recent Spartan Super World Championships where he DNFed, progress made across consecutive Pike's Peak races, and much more! Be sure to and...

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460. Jason Dupree on Livestreaming North American OCR and Hybrid Events, Burnout, and More! show art 460. Jason Dupree on Livestreaming North American OCR and Hybrid Events, Burnout, and More!

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We have been wanting to do another episode with ever since he started carrying North American OCR and hybrid live streams on his back! We may be a bit bias because we have been friends with for many years now but we don't believe he gets half of the credit that he deserves for what he does for both sports.   We discuss how he started live streaming these sports, how much money we are making/losing from this pursuit, how you can help support the live stream, his rebranded , getting ahead of burnout, a and much more! Please reach out to or to see how you can reach out and help...

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With World's Toughest Mudder coming up soon and it being both the first time the event is taking place in Europe as well as Katelyn's first time tackling the event herself, we figured it would be a good time to both selflessly and selfishly have an episode focused on first timer questions!

Josh Fiore had been answering first timer questions on the WTM First Timer facebook group so we figured that he would be a great guest due to him being knowledgeable and has shown to take time out of his day to try to help those who are preparing to take on this ultra OCR!

Josh shares his experinces and insights about training, race preparation, and how to stay positive during all 25.5 hours of World's Toughest Mudder! 

Start – 4:02 – Intro

4:02 – 17:06 – Quick News

17:06 – 18:11 – Content Preface

18:11 – 1:20:15 - Josh Fiore Interview

1:20:15 – End – Outro

Next weekend we aren't sure who we will have on the show yet but Mike has an idea that is proving to be pretty timely! 

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